LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE OUT-DOOR WORLD 579 



charged straight into the mass of moving soldiers and 

 disappeared down the long line. Its progress could 

 be noted only by the commotion caused in the dusty 

 ranks of the men and the waving forest of muskets, but 

 the sequel was that all the men of the Thirtieth Mis- 

 souri regiment had more honey than hard tack that 

 night for supper. 



During the draft riots in New York word was sent 

 to a well-known Quaker gentleman in Flushing that 

 the mob was going to visit him on the following day, 

 and they did march out to within a short distance of his 

 suburban home, but fortunately for the rabble they, for 

 some reason, turned back. I asked the old gentleman 

 what preparations he had made for receiving his guests 

 and he replied : " Friend Daniel, thee knows that we 

 Friends do not fight, but I distributed my beehives 

 around my veranda in such a position that I could 

 easily upset the hives and enter the house. I also filled 

 several bottles with live bees, covering the opening with 

 gauze to let in the air; these were not intended to throw 

 at the people who might visit me, but it was my purpose 

 to free the poor captives when the crowd came by throw- 

 ing the bottles from my window and smashing them 

 on the driveway around the house." And as the old 

 gentleman told me this I could see that his peaceful soul 

 was filled with regret because the mob had not com- 

 plimented him by a visit and given him the opportunity 

 of using his bees to defend his home. 



